Early results from Gambia's presidential election revealed that the opposition candidate Adama Barrow triumphed over President Yahya Jammeh, in the capital, Banjul.

According to ceoafrica, less than 15% of the ballots cast by nearly 890,000 registered voters have so far been counted.

Soldiers and police officers have this morning been setting up checkpoints every few hundred metres on the outskirts of the capital.

The government shut down the internet and blocked international calls while the election took place.

Mr Jammeh who has ruled the country since 1994 after a coup, is seeking a fifth term in office.

It was gathered that Mr Barrow, an estate agent who was once a security guard in the UK high street store Argos, has generated fresh enthusiasm among opposition supporters.